Wheel-plow.



c. s. NORCROSS.

WHEEL PLOW. APPLICATION TILED MAY 3. 1916.

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lulllll mm' gnventm CAMILLO SIVORI Nononoss, or BUSHNELL, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL-PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 10 1917.

Application filed May 3, 1916. Serial No. 95,168.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OAMILLO S. Nononoss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bushnell, in the county of McDonough and State ofIllinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWheel-Flows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wheel plows, and more particularly to a handoperated wheel plow for cultivating the ground in gardens, truckpatches, etc.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a main framefor the wheel plow constructed in a manner to provide a frame of narrowhorizontal transverse width for adapting the plow to be used in verynarrow passages, and yet suiiiciently reinforced to provide a frame ofexceptional stability.

Another object of this invention is the provision of means for attachingthe cultivating implements to the main frame of the plow whereby toadjust the depth of the implements in an efiicient and speedy manner.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a wheel scrapermounted in the main frame of the wheel plow and provided with means foractuating the wheel scraper at will by the person operating the wheelplow.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a hand operatedwheel plow consisting of few parts, strong and durable, and which can bemanufactured and sold on the market at nominal cost.

These and other objects will more fully appear as the nature of theinvention is more clearly understood from the following specification,the subject matter of the claim, and the views illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which, a

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the wheel plow in its complete formshow ng the wheel scraper held in contact with the wheel of the plow bythe person operating the same.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the main post of the frame, on line 2-2 ofFig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow and partly shown insection, showing the detail con struction thereof, the manner ofsecuring the brace members thereto, and the manner of mounting thecultivating implements and the wheel scraper therein.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the means for attaching the cultivatingimplements in the lower end of the main post of the frame of the plow,the parts of the cultivating implements being shown as broken away.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the wheel scraper, and its supportingand operating arm.

Referring to the drawings wherein similar reference characters denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the

main frame consists of a curved upright post comprising the post 1provided at its upper end with the lateral extending lug 2 and the lowerlateral extending lug 3, and the post 4 provided with the upper lateralextending lug 5 and the lower lateral extending lug 6. The posts 1 and 4are similarly curved and positioned in spaced parallel relation to eachother with their respective lugs projecting outwardly in oppositedirections to each other, the lugs 2 and 5 of the posts 1 and 4respectively have registering bores formed therethrough through whichbores extends the bolt 7, and the lugs 3 and 6 of the posts 1 and i arealso formed with registering bores therethrough and through which boresextends the bolt 8.

Connected at one of their ends to the bolt 8 in the lower ends of theposts 1 and 4; and bearing against the outer ends of the lugs 3 and 6 ofthe respective ends of the posts 1 and 4, are the lower connecting bars9 and 10, extending forwardly from the lower ends of the posts 1 and 4and having their forward ends connected to the bolt 11 passing throughthe hub 12 of the wheel 13, and also connected at one of their ends tothe bolt 7 in the upper ends of the posts 1 and 1 and bearing againstthe outer ends of the lugs 2 and 5 of the respective posts 1 and 4, arethe upper connecting bars 14, and 15, extending forwardly and downwardlyfrom the upper ends of the posts 1 and 4 and having their forward endsconnected to the bolt 11 of the hub 12 of the wheel 13 at the outersides of the ends of the connecting bars 9 and 10 also secured upon thebolt 11. Interposed between the upper ends of the posts 1 and 4c are theforward ends of the handle brace bars 16 and 17, through which endspasses the bolt 7 for firmly securing the forward ends of the handlebrace bars 16 and 17 between the upper ends of the posts 1 and 4, theforward ends of the handle brace bars 16 and 17 also perform thefunction of maintaining the upper ends of the posts 1 and 4 in spacedrelation to each other. The handle brace bars 16 and 17 divergerearwardly from their point of connection with the upper ends of theposts 1 and 4, and are each provided in their rear ends with a pluralityof apertures 18 for adjustably securing the rear ends of the bars 16 and17 to the handles 19 and 20 through the medium of the bolts 21 and 22,respectively, at a point remote from the lower ends of the handles 19and 20, the lower ends of the handles 19 and 20 being secured to theouter sides of the posts 1 and 4 by the bolt 23 which passes through thelower ends of the handles 19 and 20 and through the posts 1 and 4 at apoint in proximity to the lower ends thereof, the handles being bracedapart by the intermediate brace bar 24 and the upper brace bar 25adjacent the hand hold ends of the handles 19 and 20, which are capableof being adjusted to suit the heights of different operators.

Interposed between the lower ends of the posts 1 and 4 is the stub post26 of the bracket 27 which is preferably connected by the two centerbolts 28 to the head 29 of the cultivator attachment, which in thisinstance shows the attachment as comprising the cultivator teeth 30. Thestub post 26, which is positioned between the lower ends of the posts 1and 4, is provided with the aperture 31 through which passes the bolt 8which also passes through the lugs 3 and 6 of the posts 1 and 4. Thestub post 26 is capable of being swung upon the bolt 8 for adjusting thedepth of the cultivator attachment when the nut upon bolt 8 is loosenedto attain the proper adjustment of the attachment, the nut beingthereafter screwed upon the bolt 8 for firmly securing the stub post 26in its adjusted position between the lower ends of the posts 1 and 4,and at the same time the stub post 26 also forms the function ofmaintaining the lower ends of the posts 1 and 4 in spaced relation toeach other and cooperates with the forward ends of the handle brace bars16 and 17 in maintaining the posts 1 and 4 in parallel spaced relationthroughout their lengths.

'Interposed between the posts 1 and 4 of the main frame of the plow isthe arm 32, provided with the aperture 33 for pivotally mounting the arm32 upon the bolt 34 which passes through the posts 1 and 4 at a pointsubstantially midway between their ends, the arm 32 being thus mountedbetween the posts 1 and 4 and for maintaining the arm 32 spaced from theinner walls of the posts 1 and 4 the washers 35 are employed. Securedupon the lower end of the arm 32 in any suitable manner is thescraperblade 36 adapted to engage the periphery of the wheel 13 for cleaningthe latter of the accumulation of mud or dirt thereon when desired. Tooperate the arm 32 for causing the scraper blade 36 to engage theperiphery of the wheel 13, the upper end of the arm 32 projects abovethe handle brace bars 16 and 17 and between the same, and is providedwith the two adjacent apertures 37, and in the rearmost of the apertures37 is hooked the forward end of the operating rod 38, which extendsupwardly and rearwardly and passes through the apertured lug 39 of thebrace bar 25 of the handles, the projecting end of the operating rod 38being provided with the ring or loop 40 adapted to be engaged by one ofthe fingers of the right hand of the person using the wheel plow fordrawing the operating rod 38 rearwardly for positioning the scraperblade 36 into engagement with the periphery of .the wheel 13, the partsbeing shown in these respective positions in Fig. 1 of the drawings forthe sake of illustration. The scraper-blade 36, however, is normallyheld out of engagement with the periphery of the wheel 13 through themedium of the tension spring 41 having one of its ends hooked in theforward aperture 37 in the upper end of the arm 32 and the other end ofthe spring 41 being hooked in the apertured upturned ends 42 of thehandle brace bars 16 and 17 which project forwardly of the upper ends ofthe posts 1 and 40f the main frame of the wheel plow, so that, when theoperator of the wheel plow releases his '7 finger from engagement withthe loop 40 at the rear end of the operating rod 38 the tension spring41 immediately draws the upper end of the arm 32 forwardly thus swingingthe arm 32 upon thepivot bolt 34 in the posts 1 and 4 causing thescraper blade 36 to be moved rearwardly out of engagement with theperiphery of the plow wheel 13.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a duplex mainframe for a wheel plow which is not only narrow in width adapting thesame for the use of the single wheel but which provides a wheel plowwhich may be operated between very narrow rows, and at the same time bythe of providing a wheel scraper for cleaning the wheel atwill and thesimple manner for operating the scraper, and a further advantageouspoint resides in the provision of the stub post and bracket forattaching the cultivator attachments to the main frame of the wheel plowin a manner for readily and emciently attaching the various cultivatorattachments in adjusted positions therein, the stub post 26 of thebracket 27 also provides a spacing means for the lower end of theupright posts of the main frame, and also the fact that the forward endsof the handle brace bars also performs the function of spacing meansbetween the upper ends of the upright posts of the main frame, theupright posts or arcuate members of the quadrant-a1 sections of the mainframe are maintained in spaced parallel relation throughout theirlengths.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination with a hand cultivator plow comprising a frameconsisting of two frames secured together in opposed spaced relation, awheel rotatably mounted in the forward end of said frame, handlesoperatively secured to said frames, and brace bars connecting saidhandles to the forward end portions of said frames, of a scraper armpivotally mounted intermediate its ends between said frames and bracebars, a scraper blade carried by the lower end of said arm, a retractilespring connecting the upper end of said scraper arm with the forward endportions of said frames, an operating rod slidably mounted upon the plowhandles and connected to the upper end of said scraper arm, and a fingerring fixed to the upper I end of said rod whereby the rod may beactuated by hand to move the scraper blade into engagement with theperiphery of the plow wheel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 40 name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CAMILLO SIVORI NORGROSS. Witnesses:

J. L. SANDERS, J. M. GALE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

